Noonu by Antonio Citterio

A new sofa system designed by Antonio Citterio, Noonu is a project created to continue and complete the journey started in 2018 with Atoll, told through a new film by B&B Italia.

It's mission design at Acerbis

For more than 150 years the furniture house Acerbis has produced some of the world’s most innovative designs, penned by names including the legendary designer Vico Magistretti who is known for his buildings, furniture and the classic Fiat 500 car.

Camaleonda through the photographer’s lens

Art, fashion, design and multimedia cultural platform ‘Nowness', recently invited four Chinese photographers to interpret B&B Italia’s iconic Camaleonda sofa. It's a move that reverberates the creative spirit of designer Mario Bellini's 1970 classic. Re-edited by Bellini to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2020, photographers Yi Tuo, Luo Yang, Feng Li and Jumbo Tsui have used the lens to describe the shape and function of the iconic sofa, "transporting it to a space of free imagination”. Each photographer explores the language of the Camaleonda in a personal way, highlighting its unique aesthetics and dynamic versatility.

The mercurial world of Bocci

From molten wax set in beautiful, frozen motion, a bolt of lightning fused into droplets of metal, and experimentation with glass in a myriad of unusual ways, Omer Arbel likes nothing more than to explore the hidden secrets of materials – in particular glass for his internationally celebrated lighting brand Bocci.

Athena Calderone explores the ‘swoonyness’ of the Camaleonda

"The modern girl’s Martha Stewart" wrote the New York Times when describing Brooklyn-based Athena Calderone, the multidisciplinary creative behind EyeSwoon's love of design, food and entertaining. Athena recently teamed up with B&B Italia to explore the "swoonyness" of the classic Camaleonda.  

Philippe Starck's nod to Ray and Charles Eames

At Kartell this year, the company renowned for its deep research into the sculptural possibilities of plastic moved into a new cellulose-based polymer, taking another side-step with long-time collaborator Philippe Starck and the new Woody collection.

Glas Italia and the invisible visible

‘All the Invisible’ is a new film by art director Federico Pepe that celebrates the work of Glas Italia, a company that grew from the traditions of Italian glass making and for more than 40 years has explored the ancient craft through innovation and collaboration with designers like Patricia Urquiola, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Piero Lissoni.

The Smatrik by Tokujin Yoshioka

At Kartell, design projects are based on craftsmanship but always involve innovative industrial processes often pushed to the limits. The new Matrix collection by designer/artist Tokujin Yoshioka does just that by exploring the possibilities of Kartell’s sophisticated production technology to create a chair that is light and strong and highly decorative.

Lee Broom and the theatre of objects

Working on design projects for Christian Louboutin, Wedgwood, Mulberry, and his own signature brand, Lee Broom, London-based product designer Lee Broom's work is categorically diverse.